Our Promise to you is: “Taking You Forward” 

... with food solutions engineered to support you in achieving results in the production process that enable you to keep your promises to the market.

It is a promise to YOU, our customer. And it is a guiding principle for the innovations we develop, the machines and lines we deliver and the services we offer. We take it personal. It is an obligation for us. 

We have the necessary experience as well as an improved business system in place to deliver on our promises.

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GEA SmartPacker announces a breakthrough in ultrasonic sealing for 30 micron films

The key to success lies in keeping the sealing jaws parallel and optimizing the set-up for specific

With an installed base of GEA SmartPacker vertical packaging machines that have ultrasonically sealed more than 100 million bags worldwide, GEA Food Solutions has demonstrated that its execution of the technology is consistently reliable on an industrial scale.

The main feature that differentiates GEA’s solution from other vertical packaging machines with ultrasonic sealing is a unique technology that keeps the sealing jaws, independent on machine output, parallel to incredibly tight tolerances as they close on the film.

Although ultrasonic bag sealing on vertical packaging machines has been available for several years, until recently the technique could not deliver consistent results with films as thin as 30 microns >>

These thinner films are in demand because not only do they cost less than thicker gauges, they also reduce the amount of landfill waste after the contents have been consumed. There is a strong lobby from governments, supermarkets and consumers to reduce the environmental impact of packaging materials.  

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GEA Food Solutions ColdSteam Technology inside 

Using frozen meat requires an optimal defrosting process. 

The solution: defrosting under vacuum with ColdSteam! 

ColdSteam is a highly controlled process using steam under vacuum to efficiently defrost meat without scalding or damaging it, nor cause denaturation of proteins. GEA Food Solutions pioneered this technique, and currently leads the market with the innovative ColdSteam. Read more>> 

What is ColdSteam?  

At normal atmospheric pressure (1.0 bar), water boils at 100°C (212°F). In a vacuum, it boils at a lower temperature. In a 95% vacuum (0.05 bar), the boiling point of water drops to 33°C (91.4°F). 

The resulting steam also at this temperature condenses immediately on to the cold meat, and efficiently transfers its thermal energy, significantly speeding up the defrosting.

The steam at 33°C does not scald or damage the meat, nor cause denaturation of proteins. 

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GEA PowerGrind 280 high performance, multifunctional grinder 

GEA PowerGrind 280

The GEA PowerGrind 280 represents a new generation GEA grinders with improved capacity, hygiene and safety performance. 

These aspects are combined with high flexibility, robustness, and modularity, making the GEA PowerGrind 280 a reference in its class. 

• Frozen block (down to -25 °C) grinding with minimum dust and fines
• Large infeed area that prevents bridge building
• Hinged lining and separate side door for perfect sanitation 

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Automation in motion

Striving for 100% performance

Automation solutions for the meat processing industry

Higher output, low margins, and constant demands for even more flexible production: our customers in the meat and poultry industries have to be lean, mean and competitive.

This means your equipment and processes must be in top condition too. Yet many companies are happy ‘competing’ at around 80% of their true potential.

One of the tasks of GEA Food Solutions is to help them reach 100% and one of the tools GEA Food Solutions has to do this is the GEA Automation platform.

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